Clothes support for ironing boards



Aug. 16, 1932. LE. M LAlN 1 GLOTEES SUPPORT FOR IRONII QGBOARDS Filed July 9, 1931 Patented Aug. 16, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE &

rnsmn E. MGLAIN, or rn'rnnson, Iowa orornns surron'r ron'imoums Boiinns Application filed July 9, 1931.' Seria'1 no. 549,741.

An object of the invention is to provide a 1 substantially J-shaped chute and trough which will be light in weight and may be easily and quickly applied in various adjusted 19 positions longitudinally of the ironing board to catch the clothes being ironed, and which, by virtue of its peculiar shape, permits of the accumulated clothesbeing pushed endwise therefrom into a clothes basket or other container.

A further object of the invention is to provide the ironing board with longitudinal cleats on the bottom which reinforce the ironing board, as well as form suspension means for adjustably supporting the clothes support from either side of the ironing board.

A still further object is to provide a clothes support which may be formed of a single length of wire to provide a supporting frame which carries a canvas or similar fabric apron, the legs of the frame being bent abruptly at the upper ends to attach the device to suitable eyes carried by the ironing board in such a manner that the apron will incline downwardly and outwardly from the edge of the ironing board and form a chute down which the clothes may readily slide to accumulate in the bottom of the support.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter first fully described and then more particularly claimed, it being under stood that various modifications may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ironing board equipped with my improved clothes support,

Fig. 2 is an underneath plan view of the ironing board showing the cleats,

'nearly the ends of the legs 15, as .best shown Fig. 3 is a crosssectional View taken on the line 3E3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig l'is a perspective view of a modified form of the invention showing attaching screw eyes for the clothes support.

Referringnow to the drawing in which like characters of reference designate similar parts in the various views, 10 designates. an

ironing board of any suitable form andcon- V struction but which, as illustrated, is of the folding type. 1 In carrying out the invention, I may mount a pair of longitudinal cleats 11, best shown in Fig. 2,-upon the bottom of the ironing board, thesecleats extending from end to end 05 of the board and having the dual function of reinforcing the board againstwarping and forming supporting means for the herein,-

after described clothes support. The cleats may be secured to the, board in any preferred mannerand preferably are providedat intervals with alined pairs of openings 12 which constitute eyes for receiving the legs of the clothes support. I

The clothes support preferably comprises a frame formed of stiff wire, such as is illustrated in Fig. 4, comprising a single longitudinal reach member 13- curved abruptly downwardly at the ends, as shown at 14, and thence directed obliquely to form parallel J-shaped legs 15. The legs are terminally bent abruptly at an angle to the plane of the legs, to form legs 16,which are adapted to be inserted in alternate pairs of the eyes 12 of either of the cleats 11, as best shown in Fig. 2, 35 and suspend the frame from either side of the ironing board.

" A canvas apron 17 is stretchedover the legs and longitudinal member 13 of the wire frame, and the marginal edges are preferably looped around these parts of the frame and then fastened by a line of stitching 18, as best shown in Fig. 3. The apron extends to in Fig. 1. I i The clothes support may thus. be said to be of substantially J-shape, as best shown in Fig. 3, and, when applied to the ironing board, the apron 17 forms a downwardly and outwardly inclined chute to direct the clothes being ironed to the bottom of the clothes support where the clothes may conveniently accumulate until the pile is of sufficient size to be removed. Thereupon, the clothes may 5 be pushed longitudinally from the clothes support into a clothes basket or other suitable container at either end of'the support.

In the modified form .of the invention shown in Fig. 4, it will be observed that the cleats 11 are dispensed with, and, to produce the securing eyes for theclothes sup port, screw eyes 19 may be screwedinto the bottom of the ironing board at" suflicient dis tance apart so that alternate pairs of screw 15 eyes may receive the lugs 16 of the clothes support, as illustrated. i d

From the above description, it willbe seen that the invention provides. an, exceedingly simple and veffective support to catch the a clothes that hang from the ironing board while being. ironed and prevent them from contacting with the floor, and that the pe-- culiar construction ofthe ll-shaped chute renders it extremely light in weight While, at

f the. same time, permits of a considerable quantity of the clothes accumulating in a pile therein'preparatory to being pushed into the clothes basket,

Having thus described the invention, I

. claim 1. The combination with an ironing board, of a clothes support comprising a wire frame having a longitudinal member and J-shaped legs, a canvas covering for the frame, the

' legs of the frame being terminally bent abruptly to provide attaching lugs, and means "carried by the ironing board for removably receiving said lugs.

2. The combination with an ironing board,

, of longitudinal cleats on the bottom of the ironing board reinforcing the ironing board,

there being rows of alined eyes associated with said cleats, and a substantially J-shaped clothes chute comprising a marginal wire frame covered with fabric, the legs of the frame being bent abruptly and forming lugs receivable in saideyes. v V

3.; The combination with an ironing board, of a clothes support comprisinga frame formed of asingle'length of wireincluding a longitudinalmember bent abruptly at the ends to provide substantially J-shaped legs which legs are bent terminally to provide attaching lugs, a canvas apron connecting 9? the legs and the longitudinal member of the frame and extending nearly to said lugs and coactingwith the frame in forming a J- shaped chute, and eyes carried by the ironing board receiving said lugs.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' LESLIE E. MOLAIN. [L. s.] 

